§ Mr. William Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons have been killed by terrorist actions in Northern Ireland in each year since 1 January 1970.
§ Mr. Scott[pursuant to his reply, 19 February 1985, c. 450]:The information is as follows:
Year Number of deaths 1970 20 1971 131 1972 401 1973 219 1974 203 1975 241 1976 283 1977 105 1978 71 1979 112 1980 69 1981 84 1982 85 1983 66 1984 53 The figures for 1979 to 1983 differ from those I gave the hon. Gentleman on 15 December 1983, at columns 493–95 in that deaths caused by the security forces in incidents initiated by terrorist action are not included.